Iraq's population rose from 21.5M in 1996 to 47M in 2025.
Iraq · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Iraq's population growth fell from 3.2 % in 1996 to 2.1 % in 2025.
Iraq's population density rose from 46.0 in 1994 to 103.8 in 2023.
Iraq's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.6 % in 1996 to 49.8 % in 2025.
Iraq's urbanisation rose from 67.6 % in 1996 to 69.9 % in 2025.
Iraq's urban population rose from 14.5M in 1996 to 32.9M in 2025.
Iraq's rural population rose from 6.97M in 1996 to 14.1M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %49th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.6 %48th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.8 %207th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.2 %162nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs172nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts49th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.5 pts162nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts181st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.4 pts56th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts183rd of 217
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- Net migrationup +94.0 %110th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts179th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +11.2 %23rd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs132nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs140th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs118th of 217